Oyieri Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Oyieri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
Oyieri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyieri Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oyieri is most common in Kenya. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyieri? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyieri live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 67 percent live, Migori County, where 17 percent live and Vihiga County, where 17 percent live. Barring Kenya Oyieri is found in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 40 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Oyieri
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